The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-22 00:00:00

THE COAL TRADE. The Committee on the Coal Trade met yesterday at half past Twelve—Mr. LABOUNIERE in the Chair. The first witness examined was Mr. Scott (we believe of the Cbaimberlsin's-office.) The greater portion of his evidence ball reference to his examination before the Committee of last year. He stated that the total charge made by the Corpo ration of London upon coals was Is. Id. per ton. Of this charge Bd. was a duty levied for the repayment of monies ad vanced for the building of London Bridge approaches, and 4d. was a market duty formerly charged upon the chaidron. The - change to a tonnage duty had not benefitted the Corpo ration,-inamuch as formerly they received the entire amount ' without any deduction ; but now they were charged with about 13,0001. per annum as compensation for offices abolished. The total amount of duties received by the City was 137,0001. per annum. The charge of tid. per ton would probably be dis continued in about 14 years, as the claims were lapsed. If the 4d. per ton duty was abolished, the old charge of 4d. per chaldron and sundry payments to the Lord Mayor, under the Statute of Anne, would be revived. The amount of duties was yearly en the increase, and the charges of collection, &c., lessening. Lord GRENVILLE SO3IER3ET observed that the real question the Committee bad to ccnsider was, not the saving of a half penny or a penny, per ton which would never find its way into the pocket of the consumer; but what the regulations were by which the market was supplied. Mr. Tyrrell, the City Remembrancer, examined.—He was not aware of the regulations of the factors relative to the supply of the London Coal Market. The Act Ist and 2d, William IV. empowered the Corporation to make regulations relative to the Coal Market; but he believed they had never made any. Mr. James Firth, of the Town-clerks' office, stated that the Corporation had never made the regulations they were em powered to make by the Act of Parliament. A petition had been presented by a Mr. Bradford to the Court of Aldermen relative to the supply of coal in the London Market. In con sequence of that petition witnesses had been examined, and the examination had continued from time to time up to Saturday last. A report of the proceedings had found its way into the public papers, and was, he believed substantitly correct. The witness was asked several ques tions relative the report which appeared in The Sun of Mon day last,. _ - Mr. Clarke, a coal factor, examined—He had been carry ing on business at the Coal Exchange since 1803. An altera tion had been made in th e sca l e o f regu l at i ons b y t h e F actor , Society since the 2d February, 1837 ; in January, 1535, the regulation of the Factors was, that when the price was 201. per ton, the number of cargoes offered for sale each market day, should be forty. When the price was 21s. 3d. to 21s. 6d. the number of cargoes should be fifty ; when the price was 225., the number of cargoes sixty; and when the price was 225. 3d., the number of cargoes should be seventy. The alteration made in February, 1837, was, that when the price was 235. 6d. per ton, the number of cargoes should be forty ; fifty cargoes when the price was 235. 9d. to 245. ; sixty cargoes when the price was 245. 3d. to 245. 6d. ; and seventy cargoes when the price was 245. 9d. On the first of April, the scale was reduced about Is. per ton, and so continued till the 30th Sept., when it was again raised. Ships of less than 130 tons burden, and gas s hi ps, were exempted from the regulation. I saw the statement of Capt. Young of the Eliza, having violated the regulations of the Coal Factors, by delivering out of turn, and I believe it to be the case. The consequence was, that he was repot ted to the Coal-owners in the North, and ought not to have got a cargo. I believe ho has not got a cargo since ; the reason I say he ought not, is because he signed a statement that he would not allow his coals to be delivered out of the regular c ourse . E very Captain signs that regulation, ead it is not p oss ibl e to o b tain a cargo in the North, without having done so. In one river in the North there is a Turn Act which regulates the loading of vessels; in the other there is not, and great complaints have been made in consequence. I think a Turn Act would be advantageous to the trade. There was no perfe-ence of vessels in the port of London. I think in the long run the Factors regulations are beneficial to the lower classes. The object of the regulations is to keep the coals at a particular price. During the recent frost, if it bad not been for these regulations, there would have beers little or no coals in the mar k et. L arge consumers and opulent persons might supply themselves when coals were at a low price, but the poor would be always compelled to buy from day to day. When the producers of the article have the regulation of the price, the effect of course is to keep the price equally high. At the end of the late frost there were several hundred vessels in the river waiting to deliver their cargoes, and they have not all discharged yet. They could not discharge their cargoes on account of the frost. Ido not know whether cr not it would be better for the consumer to have tho coals in his cel lar than in these vessels, but in the long run he buys as well as ever he d'd. The effect of the regulations was to raise the price of coal*, and in that they had succeeded. When the trade was open it ruined many ship and coal-owners. It was necessary to adopt these regulation., in order to protect the coal-factors. An advance of from 235. to 40s. per ton would not, except in very few cases, benefit the coal-owner in the north, because they sell generally at a fixed price. The price of the best coals in the north is I Is. 6d. per ton. The price of coals in the London market is that by which the supply is regulated. If the trade had been open, there would have been very few vessels in the river at the beginning of the frost. During the war in 1514 coals were, I believe, 90s. and 105 s. per ton on board sh p. The advantages of a depot in London, where 500,000 tons of coals might be deposited in the fine sea son are very doubtful. Mr. Thompson-_I am the owner of the ship Eliza. She carries about 300 tons of coals. For several years we have een much harassed and an no y e d b y t h e coa l - f actors ' re gulations. I was amongst the first to depart from the coal-factors' regulations. I found its disadvantages as a ship-ownsr—my object being to get backward and for ward with as little delay as possible, which these regu lations prevented. I have often disposed of my cargo initnediate'y upon my arrival in the river, and on applying for a mete: or weigher I have been refused, and told that I must lay by for my turn of delivery. In consequence of having been refused on two or three occasions, I have been compelled to procure weights and stales, and a responsible person, to have them weighed myself. I have since then ap plied in the north for cargoes, but although the money was tendered they refused to load us upon any terms. Had it not been for chance, I should have been driven into another trade. The Messrs. Goding, on hearing the reasons why I had been refused a meter, took the coals from me, weighed by my own man. Others afterwards did the same, I being responsible to the buyer for their weight, and this continued until they refused to supply me in the north, because I had re fused to comply with the factors' regulations. I don't think thcsa regulations are voluntary, and I have reason to know that a great many ship owners object to them. In one in stance a check book belonging to a coal meter lately de ceased was purchased by one of my people from the widow, and used. Since then we have had checks of our own printed of the same form, but I don't think the words " official weigher" are at the bottom. I shall bring a check for the inspection of the Committee on Friday. I should not resort to using an official meter's check book again. It was done before I was made aware of it. Being delayed in the river is a great disadvantage —it is an expence to a vessel of the ton nage of the Eliza of 41. or .5/. per day, as the kettle must boil every day on board ship. Supposing we were allowed to come into the market and sell without any delay, we should be able to make one-third more voyages in the year. Whe ther the trips would be so profitable or not is the consideration to begin with, hut I think it would soon find its level. In such a case the whole system must be blown up and the consumer benefited. If the price fixed by the coal owners was lowered, it would benefit both the ship owners and the public. I am not acquainted with the fact that labourers an the north are paid much higher wages now than some years ego, nor that iron is double the price it was, but I believe timber has advanced. Besides making one third more trips in the year, vessels would be able to bring coals at a smaller freight—the voyages being fewer, and the delay greater, now obliges them to charge a higher freight. Some years ago the price of coals was much lower at the other side, but since the regulations the coal owners have raised the price more than once. That was the natural effect of the coal-factors' regulations. If these regu lations had not been in force during the late severe weather, it is likely that coals would have been cheaper. If there had been an unrestricted sale, vessels would have unloaded more speedily. I understood that last week there were 70 vessels waiting for meters to unload. An additional number of meters would not remedy the inconvenience, as only a certain number of ships are allowed to discharge each day. There is no doubt that the regulations tend to raise the price of coals and keep them at a high price. I should say the increase was 2a. per ton at the other end, and to the consumer not less than 33. or 4g., I may say 4s. Vessels are often detained for want of meters at an expense of from 41. to 5/. per day. If the trade was thrown open, I do not know whether all the vessels at present employed in the coal trade would obtain constant employment : probably a smaller number would be sufficient. I consider the regulations a great benefit to the coal-owners. The Committee then adjourned. RIMALDI, THE LATE CELEBRATED CLOWN. —.Tbs Life of this ec cen t r i c son o f M omus, edited by " Boz, " will be published in th e course o f t h e present week. In private no less than . in public, G r i ma ldi' s career was unexampled for esigulartty of incidents, and droll adventure. The biography of such a man cannot, therefore, fail to be more than ordi narily attractive to the lovers of fun, and to those who extract information from investigating the strong caprices of human nature. In tracing th e hi s t ory o f t h e renowne d " Joe, " a Belies of curious anecdotes connected with his dramatic con temporaries arc brought to light. The work is illustrated by numerous characteristic designs of Grimaldi's friend, the un- rivalled George Cruickshank. 'We have the gratification to announce that the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, situate in the Old Kent-road, has had a liberal legacy left it within the last few weeks. The benevolent individual who has shown so great a desire to further the object which the Institution is designed to effect, and who died a short time since, leaving to the Institution the sum of 1,3001, in the Three per Cent Consols, was M r . John Bayley, of No. 9, Court-street, Whiteehapel, and who was originally a member of the fleece, Victuall ers ' Asylum, and formerly kept the Fleece, in Leadenbalt. market, b u t had for some years retired from business. The executors are Mr. John Skinner, the proprietor of the Half- moon , U pper H o ll oway , an d Mr. J a h n Davis, jun., Of N. 5, Grove-place, Mile-end-road, ile-end-road, who is unconnected with the tr a d e; an d those gent l eme n have fully carried the intention of the testator into effect, by transferring to the ac count of the Institution at the Bank of . 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We have never supposed that Sir SAMUEL was a first-rate genius, but still he was the ohoiee of the electors, and it must be grating to them that they cannot confer on him the honour of representing them be cause he has not three hundred pounds a year. The aris tocrats of the Legislature regard it as a contamination to admit a poor though honest man into their assemblies ; and so they will not allow the electors to choose any person but one who is considered by the possession of property to belong to themselves. The qualification is only a badge of the former subserviency of the people and the usurpations of the Aristocracy, and ought to be got rid of. But the qualification limiting the choice of the electors, and Sir SAMUEL not being able to stand the Aristocratic test, he has retired, and there is a vacancy for Marylebone. Who will the electors choose ? There are already four candidates in the field, three of whom are Liberals, Lord NUGENT, Mr. EwattT, and Colonel THostesosr. If they all go to the poll Lord TEHINMOUTH, the Tory and fourth candidate, will be returned by a small minority of the elec tors. The majority are too discreet to allow that, and will, we hope, before the day of nomination, select one of the three Liberals, to whom they will give their united support. We shall defer to their choice ; but we insist on its being their duty to meet and determine at once which of the three they will support, calling on the others to resign, or forfeit for ever all claim to their favour. Without disparaging either the claims of that consistent Whig—Lord NUGENT ; or the honest services of that more than Whig—Colonel TIOMPiON; we own at once that our predilections are favourable to Mr. EWART. He made great sacrifices to contest and open the borough of Liverpool, and from the time he succeeded, he was distinguished in Par liamentfor his open, fearless, and consistent advocacy of Liberal principles. He has even taken the lead in proposing and carrying improvements in our sanguinary code. It should recommend him to the electors that he endeavoured to abolish the qualification. He has been one of the foremost in the cause of National Education, and in procuring the free admission of the public to all our institutions. He has zealously promoted a love for the arts, and for all the finer means of extending civilization. In private life he has the reputation of a pure and honest man, while his public character is that of being zealous and incorruptible. We say, however, in the words of his advertisement, we "hope that unity of purpose as well as zeal and vigour will characterise the proceedings of Reformers ; and we are well assured that ho would be the last to regret any de termination of their's, though fatal to his own hopes, which ensured, as he says, the triumph of their cause." He is recommended, indeed, to them by the manner in which he prefers their success to his own objects ; and if it be con sistent with the views of the majority of the indepen dent electors, we trust they will combine to re turn Mr. EWAaT. Let them, however, be well convinced that they lave no time to lose in settling which of the three liberal Candidates they will support, and in bending all their strength to ensure his return. On one point all have equal claims ; all of them are the advocates of the Ballot ; and we think so well of them all that either of them, in our opinion, would do honour to the choice of the electors. Mr. HALL, the upright and zealous member for Ma rylebone, is growing into importance. He is attacked by the Times, which never wastes a shot on small deer. Mr. HALL should be thankful for such a certificate of power and usefulness, particularly as he goes bounding forward, untouched by the missile. He took as active part, forsooth, in keeping the Solicitors and Counsel for the defeated candidate in check, and he prevented them from wasting the time of the Committee, and the Times by its anger, attests that he was successful. If Committees were more frequently to declare such peti tions as that from Roxburgh frivolous and vexatious, they would prevent litigation, and confer a benefit on all parties but attornics. It will be seen by the report iu another part of our jour nal, that Sir JAMES GRAHAM has been returned, as we said he would be, for the Pembroke boroughs, without op position. The redoubtcd Thor of the Tories, who is to smash his old friend 3 the Whigs, sneaks into Parliament as the Representative of the OWENS and the CAwnous. He will assume the character of an independent Re)re sentative of an independent Constituency—while in point of fact he will only be the lacquay of a Welsh knight. He is no longer merely a renegade from his political principles ; he usurps a character which does not belong to him, and while he is really to be placed on a level with Sir JOHN'S butler, he will give himself the airs of a Representative of the people. His voice, which once spoke the sentiments of the men of Cumberland, though it may not be a tone less vehement, can have no power as the mere echo of that of the Aye and No Member for Pembrokeshire. His Tory friends, who are said to rely on him to scare the Minis ters out of their places, overrate his abilities ; for though he was powerful enough to damage Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government, when in opposition prior to 1830, his sacrifice of principle has destroyed his ability. The account of his election, supplied by our correspondent, in forms us of another suspicion under which Sir JAMES la bours. The heavy Baronet has been accused of having tranferred some of his weight to the light one : be creeps into the services of the OWENS like a yeoman of the guard. The constituency which returned him, at the command of Sir Joing OwEN, by the same command, we presume, conferred on him the honour of dining with him ; and after Sir JamEs had toasted independence, and honour now he has left them for ever—he posted off to town, and will no doubt appear this evening in the House of Commons as the Representative cf the OWENS. He has already condemned his own conduct in stronger language than we can find, and re peating what he said of his former and his present political friend, Lord ABINGER, we say, Sir JAMES, " a recreant Whig, has been obliged to flee from the indignation of the people," his neighbours and acquaintances, and seek refuge in Pembroke under the wing of Sir JOHN OWEN. " He has crept into Parliament by a postern of which the OWENS keep the ke►." The dinner to Mr. O'CONNELL yesterday was one of the most interesting and delightrul festivals we ever beheld. On no previous occasion was the Learned Gentleman more simple, natural, and affecting. There was a calm• ness of manner, and a sobriety of tone in his political re_ marks, eminently calculated to win and unite true and ho nest Reformers of every shade of opinion. No doubt to a Morning Contemporary, who tries to conceal apostacy by passion —who appears to " write when drunk" (according to STERNE), but forgets to " correct vrben sober"—this mo deration may appear " flat, stale, and unprofitable." The sound and judicious, who have no apostacy to hide, will entertain a very different opinion. "By the bye," even this sweeping condemnation could not do without begging in the hundred times refuted calumny of O'CoNNELL's attack on the chastity of English women. Can Puddle dock furnish no other mud ? Can it coin no other lie ? Can it pick up no strumpet or renegade to utter some new invention for malice or money ? We advise it to try, as this old story is indeed " flat, stale, and unprofitable." The presentation of Mr. O'CONNELL and his sons at Court yesterday seems to have occasioned the Morning Post much serious uneasiness. Our contemporary cannot understand the thing at all ; and appears to be as much perplexed and bewildered by it, as if he hid rec cived dis tinct intimation that the reign of Chaos was at hand. What, Mr. O'CONNELL actually presented to her MA. ZESTY—and presented, too, by her Majesty's Secretary for Ireland ! And this in defiance of the contempt in which the Honourable and Learned Gentleman has always been publicly held by the Tories, as one who has lost caste, and is not presentable at Court ! Never was there such an innovation on all received principles of etiquette ! Such is the spirit of one or two splenetic, but would-be jocular, paragraphs that appear in the Post of this morning, and which are evidently penned by one whose sense of aris tocratic propriety has received a most alarming shock. But let not our contemporary despair. There is balm in Gilead. The Monarchy is still safe, even though Mr. O'CONNELL has been presented at Court. His gracious reception will not shake one single pillar of the eonstitu tional edifice ; but on the contrary, will tend to strengthen and consolidate its foundations, -by proving, to the satis faction of the Sister Country, that the statesman in whom she most confides—whose principles she most cordially supports—who is her most efficient Representative in the strictest sense of the term—that this man, staunch Reformer as he is, holds no one opinion so •bnoxious t• Royalty, as to prevent his being graciously received, when he makes his appearance at Court. For a long time past it has been the fashion among the Tories to represent Mr. O'CoNrraLt. as a sort of tabooed individual, whose presence could not fail to be unacceptable to Majesty. His presentation yesterday will effectually put a stop to this calumny ; and con►ince our Irish fellow -countrymen, that the QUEEN is anything but ill-disposed towards him whose greatest claim to public distinction is, that he has maintained the cause of Ireland against overwhelming obstacles ; and strenuously advocated principles, which the Tory Aristo cracy—the would-be arbiters of fashion and respectability-- hold in the most scornful abhorrence. The readers of The Sun arc aware that the speech deli vered by Lord JOHN RUSSELL at Stroud was made the subject of an elaborate and virulent article in the Quarterly Rcriew. This was no doubt a high compliment to the speech, but not higher than it deserved. The Noble Lord, in a few but well chosen words, and in a tone of self possession befitting the calm dignity of truth, exposed to the country the principal crimes of the Tory Ministries during the period of their sway. He charged them with increasing the public debt from 250,000,000/. to 800,000,000/.—burdening the people with oppressive taxes —squandering the money thus extorted with the most wasteful extravagance—depreciating the currency, thereby eventually rendering the national burdens much heavier than they would hare been—perverting the Poor-laws from their original purpose to the destruction of the moral character as well as of the independence of the labouring population—spending nearly a million of money, and lavishing honours and titles without limit, in bribing the Irish Parliament to consent to a Union, merely nominal, between England and Ireland—and deluging the House of Lords with a flood of Peers, for the purpose of creating and keeping up an oligarchical government. These were some of their acts of commission : among their omissions, Lord JOHN enumerated the neglect of the criminal law, which they left nearly if not quite as sanguinary as they found it, and their allowing the foul and sinful blot of slavery to remain on the national character. The Quarterly Review, in a late article, took up these charges seriatim, and made a feeble attempt, by the aid, too, of gross rnisrepre scntation, to show that they were groundless. An answer to this article has just appeared in the form of a pamphlet (published by Ridgway and Sons), in which the Reviewer's mis-statements are shown up in a very complete and masterly manner, and the original charges substantiated beyond the possibility of cavil. The article in the Quarterly has been pretty generally attributed to an ex-official of the Admiralty, who has long been an actor of all work— much of it of a very dirty description—for the Tory party. Whether this paternity be r'ght or wrong, wo do not pretend to say. Neither shall we take upon us to determine whether the author of the pamphlet before us shadows forth this personage in the following passage " We do not know who was the author of that article, nor should w e be willing, by uttering vague suspicions, wantonly to cast such a stigma on any man. It is possible, indeed, that the writer may b 3 unsusceptible of disgrace : it is possible that he may be one o f those, whose office in his party is t o bid de fiance to sham e , an d to compensate the wan t of birth, or for tune, or character, by performing services, the mere proposal of which to m en o f sp i r i t would be an i nsu l t . It such be his position, he may, perhaps, avow his work ; but if he can sink in public opinion, he will keep on his mask." The first topic on which the author of the pamphlet comes to issue with the Reviewer is the profligate aug mentation of the Peerage. This is a peculiarly tender point with the Tories. They have of late pretended an extraor dinary anxiety for the purity of the " Order." Hardly a single creation has taken place since the Whigs came into must degradation a da their i o n mortification inflicted office, with out ca lli ng f orth a burst of virtuous indignation at the d uponandthreagePewheagne.the‘y find Vhat then the charge not only retorted u p on th em , b ut brought home by proof which it is impossible t o i nva lid ate ? This has been clone by the author before us. H e fi rst notices the disin genuousness of the Review er i n l eav i ng out of his calcula tion the '2B Irish Peers pitched into the House of Lords by Mr. PITT; and having shewn that of the 79 Peers who now represent. the House as it existed before the revolution of 1688, and. of the 101 representing it as it stood atthe ac cession of George 1., only 37 of the former, and 46 of the latter class are opposed to the present Government, he pro ceeds to the arithmetical part of the question, and exhibits to the public the following rich specimen of the manufacture of oligarchs by the various Administrations which have ruled the country since 1784 : " At the accession of Mr. Pitt, in January, 1784, the House of Lords consisted of only 194 English Temporal Peers. From that period until January, 1825, inclusive (when Lord Liverpool created his last Peer), the House wa s augmente d by the cration of— English Peers. ........ .......... .............. 179* And by the introduction of Irish Peen ........ 2B Total ...... ............................. 205 Si► ice that time the creations have been 9 by Mr. Cannily*, 6 by Lord Ripon, 10 by the Duke of Wellington, 34 by Lo7cl Gre - y. 5 by Sir Robert Peel, and 13 by Lord Melbourne—in all 7'7, making, with the previous 206, a total of 296. of t hi s vast. addition there were created by Whigs ............... 59 "By Mr. Canning 9 By Lord Ripon And by the pure Tories Total 283 It may be supposed however that these creations were justi ilot 1, or at least excused, by the Peerages which, during that inter became extinct. V, e will show how far that defence is avA ilable. The number of Peerages that hare become es- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1838. tinct during that period is 75. The figures therefore stand thus— Peerages addc 1 since 1784 283 Peerages extinct siece 1784 Total addition to the House of Lords since the commencement of the Tery reign Is it true then, or is it false, that, during about 50 3ears, " more than 200 persons have been added to the House of Lords?" Is it true, or is it false, that •` the number of the Opposition in the House of Lords is to be attributed to a profligate profusion of Peerages?" When we find that in the same half century in which the Whigs created 59 Peers, the Tories made 209, to what other cause than to a profusion of Tory Peerages can the numbers of the Tory Opposition be attributed r No unbiassed person can hesitate to adopt the conclusion which the author here draws ; neither can there be the least doubt that this overstocking of the Peerage had for its object to keep the Tory party perm inently in office—or if not in office, in power. What other reason can be as signed for Mr. PITT'S creating in 1784—when be it obsorved he had already a large majority in his favour-12 Peers ; from 1786 to 1795, 41 ; and in the two succeeding years, 32 —in all 85 peerages in the course of thirteen years? That sworn enemy to the liberties of his country wall knew that the party politically opposed to him would never resort to the only means by which the effect of his lavish creations could be counteracted—namely an equally lavish creation ; and he therefore acted as if he felt that every new Peer was an additional security for the perpetuation of Tory principles. (* We omit in this computation the Barony of Braybrook, and the Earldom of Mansfield, which did not, in fact, increase the Peerage.) A Committee of Middlesex Magistrates was appointed some time ago, to consider the expediency of recommending the Government to bring in a Bill to limit the opening of public-houses to the hours prescribed for coffee-houses and beer-shops ; to empower the magistrates to license certain houses for the sale of tea and coffee during the night ; and to suggest such modifications of the existing lawi in regard to public-houses as may appear necessary. The Committee have reported, and the resolutions which they have sub mitted to the bench of Magistrates come on for discus sion before the Quarter Sessions. at Clerkenwell to day. As it is not improbable that the resolu tions may be adopted, and that the Home Secre tary may be addressed on the subject, we direct the attention of the public to the main pcints. It is pro posed that licensed victuallers, and other persons that supply refreshments, shall be more effectually protected against those who obtain these refreshments, and refuse to pay for them ; that certain coffee-houses affording refresh ments, not being of an intoxicating nature, shall be open during the night time ; that no public-house be open on Sunday, before one o'clock ; that all public-houses shall be cleared of the guests before half-past eleven at night ; and that landlords supplying spirituous liquors to persons in a state of intoxication shall not been entitled to payment. As far as regards the interests of the land lord these proposed regulations are excellent. We have always thought it a hard case (and it occurs every day), that when a swindler gets refreshments, for which he never intends to pay, the landlord should have no redress but by an action at law—in other words, no redress at all. It is also expedient to deprive him of all claims for the payment of liquors furnished to persons in a state of intoxication. Of this he cannot complain, because it is for his ad vantage, as well as for the peace of society. Some of the other regulations, however, are of a more questionable nature, and some of them, indeed, cannot be carried into effect. It was the law formerly that all public-houses should be cleared at a certain hour ; but it was found to be inefficient, and gave rise to such annoyance to both landlord aad customer, that it was abolished by universal consent. 'Why Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT would restore it we cannot imagine. It is in fact declaring that London tradesmen shall cat, and drink, and sleep by rule. Vast numbers of that class have, from habit and custom, adopted rules of their own, and the practice is so different from that proposed, that it would be as easy to carry Sir ANDREW AGNEW'S plans into effect as to compel them to go home at an hour fixed by the Middlesex Magistrates. It is infinitely better that the law should remain as it is, and that the landlord should be held answerable for the good order of his house. Before such a law could be adopted, many preliminary steps must be taken. The Thea tres arc not closed till past twelve—many occupations are carried on till a later hour ; and are persons who have no other means of getting what refreshment they require, to be prevented from entering a public house after eleven at night ? %Ve fear it would be equally difficult to close all public-houses up to one o'clock on Sunday ; and believe that the object of the Magistrates might be more effec tually obtained by a better system of police. We may return to the subject, however, when the result of the proceedings this day is ascertained. The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all been received. On Sunday night the police arrested eight individuals be longing to the working classes, charged with being members of a treasonable club, engaged in conspiring against the state. One of them had been previously convicted on a charge of illegally manufacturing gun-powder, and sentenced to fire years' imprisonment ; but on the promulgation of the amnesty he obtained his liberty. The name of this man, who is by trade a founder, is LETESTRE. The Government is about to commence the laying down of the following lines of railway, recommended last week for its adoption by the Chamber of Deputies From Paris to the northern frontier, beginning in the Rue La. Fayette, Faubourg St. Denis, and passing through St. Denis, Pontoise, Beauvais, Amiens, Arras, Douai, Lille, and Roubaix. A branch will go from Douai to Valen ciennes. 2. From Paris to Rouen, forming part of the line to Havre. This road will be the smile as that just mentioned as far as Pontoise, where it will branch off, and pass by Gisors, Estrepagny, and Charleval, and will de scend by the valley of Andeile to Rouen. 3. From Paris to Orleans, forming part of the line to Bordeaux. It will commence at the Boulevard de l'Hopital, and will pass through Cordeil and Etampes. 4. From Marseilles to Avignon, forming part of the line from the former place to Lyons. It will puss by the Valley des Aigalades, will be tunnelled through the hills that separate the basin of Mar seilles from the port of Berre, and will pass along the canal of Arles by that town, and afterwards by Tarascon to Avignon. On Monday the Chamber adopted two Bills submitted to it by the Ministry—one for raising a levy of 80,000 men, a part of the conscription for the year 1838 ; and the other for granting 60,0001. as a secret service fund. Both were opposed by the ultra-liberal section of the Chamber. Captain GUIMARD has been authorized by the King of the FRENCH to undertake a new expedition of discovery in Scandinavia, Lapland, Iceland, and Greenland. The King of SWEDEN has appointed several scientific professsors to accompany and assist M. GutmAnn and his associates, in the hope that the expedition may advance the progress of science. Letters from Bayonne of the I 6th state that Es PARTE no has established his head-quarters between Logrono and Callahona, preparatory to an attack upon Estella. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. —SITTING or THE 20ni. Mr. Goein rose to develope his motion for the reduction of the Five per Cent. stock. He would consider the q u es ti on u nder the three points of view of its legality, its e qui ty, an d i ts utility ; lastly, he would prove its being opportune. He first Book° to the legality of the remboursement, and proved it from every financial document. The Minister instanced Sully and Colbert, who made use of this right in 1600 and 1652. No Legislature had ever abandoned this right. To pass to the question of equity, how eould it be controverted ? That it was contrary to the interest of the holders. But should not the interest of some few give way to the great interest of the many ? The present holders m us t h ave h a d no ot h er ex pectation. The immense majority bought their stock at a very low price, and have enjoyed it, exempt from tax, ever since. Now to proceed to the utility, which was much more conclusive,, and amounted to absolute necessity. It could no longer be adjourned. When the state was in want, i t a pplied to public credit, but this would fail hereafter, if it was not kept up by remboursementa in prosperous times. For this was a sinking fund established. This became useless %lien the stock got above par. When it did so, you passed the law of 1833, which was preparative to the reduction. If you determine now not to reduce, you must resolve never to bor row for the future. This you cannot do. Whilst the debt is stationary, and whilst we pay a large interest, the state has more than one hundred and ten millions in the bank, producing nothing. This should be employed, and, with from ten to twenty millions of eco nom i es m i g h t g i ve that activity to public works which is so much desired. The existing incertitude, were it t o b e pro l onged, woul d ob struck those very public works so recommended. The public feeling is distracted between the two, and you must settle the one ere you can proceed to the other. T oo great an expense in public works might bring on a c r i s i s lik e that of the Un i te d States. This should be considered. In conclusion, Mr. Oouin said he did not want to fix the day of reduction. lie would leave to the :11inister the choice of the time and the mode of conversion. The Minister of Finance said, in the interest of all opinions it was nece3sary that this question should be discussed. Ile would therefore beg the Chamber to take the question into consideration. The motion was unanimously ordered to be taken in conside ration, and soon after the Chamber adjourned. FnENCII FUNDS— PARIN G FEJ. 20. Five per Cents.. 109 f. 60c. Oc, 6:;c. Four and a Ifalf ner Cents. 105 f. 60c. Four per Cents., 103 f. 00c. tser Cents., 79f. 6 c. 65c. Bank Actions, 2,660 f. 2,6:30f. 2,642 f. 50c. Itente de Naples, 99f. fhif. 10c. Roman Five ' per Cents., 1018 %. Spanish Actives. 19;414 . Belgian Loan, 101 , ... Belgian Bank, 1,52.3 f. 1,531. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 17%N. Dutch Two and a halfper Cents., 53%. EXCHANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2.5 f. 47y,c. ; money, 25f. 47 1 ,4 c Tyree months, paper, 25f. 35. ; meney, 25f. 32!‘s. LAST PRICES, Five per Cents. 10 f. 60e. Three per Cents., 7111. 7''c.Bank Actions, 261 . 2 f. 50c. Romans ' 10Ir.. Belgian Loan, Belgian Bank, 1,5201: Portuguese Three per Cents., 17%. Spanish Actives, 19 1 , Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 53% Brussels and German Journals of the latest dates have been received. The latter contain the copy of an apo , ,to- Heal brief from the Pope to the Chapter of Cologne, cen suring the conduct of the Members in acquiescing in the dismissal of the Archbishop. We shall give thii docu ment to-morrow, as we have no room for it in our columns of to-day. The Brussels Journals aro taken up with com ments upon the Papal brief. BELGIAN 1. UNDS—Bat'sms, Fen. `2:O. Actual Debt, '2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. Loan of Thirty Millions 9314 Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent 99 Society •t Commerce, 4 ..sper Cent l5O Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ll7, National Society . —Brussels Peepers, Feb. 20. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViaxNs, Fun. 12 Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three par Cents. Bank Shares -411gemeine Zeitung, Feb. 18. HAMBUR' BOItSEN HALLE, FEa. 16. hills. Mont., Austrian Meta Piques, 5 per cent. Dirt., ditto 3 percent. Ditto ditto 2,i per cent Liao Bank Shares 1437 1434 Anglaßussian Loan lOB 1U734 Paper Inscription, 9 per cent — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, 3 per cent. — Dutch 234 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 156y1 15104 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents .. 7144 71 5 4 Norwegian Loan of 1N34, 4 per cents ...... ..... HI% Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Lean, 5 per Cent lB Greek 4 per cents. 1533, guaranteed by France EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Fen. 16 —l3 104 ; two months. 13 au. CHRISTIANIA, Fea. a—Three months. 5 12. STOCKHOLM, I EIS. 6.-I'wo months, 12 14. ST. PETERSBURGII, Fea. 6.—Three months, 6 17-32 —Hamburg Papers, Fe's. 16. Letters and Papers from Lisbon to the 17th instant, have been received this morning. They represent the financial state of that country as most deplorable. Every thing seems to be driving on from bad to worse, without the remotest discernible prospect of any amendment. We almost begin to despair of the regeneration of Portugal. We have received Cadiz Papers of the 9th of February. Tke Tienzpo of the 9th contains a Supplement, published for the satisfaction of the inhabitants of Cadiz, stating that. the Captain-General had received a dispatch from the Captain-General of Andalusia, confirming the complete route of the faction between Beaza and Übeda, and request ing the Commandant of Cadiz to forward a duplicate of the dispatches to the Governor of Gibraltar. The dis patch states that more than 2,000 prisoners were taken, be sides a great quantity of arms, ammunition, and other effects. TO-MORROW. ... 47 minutes aft THE FUNDS CITY, (THIS DAY.) T MELTE O'CLOCK The Post has been delivered late this morning. A. Mediterranean mail has arrived, by which we have received the Gibraltar Chronicle:, of the Bth February. The above papers are Oiled with the news from Canada. We have received the Buenos Ayree Papers •f the 2d of December, frora which we copy the following :—" The MAils from Peru which ar rive yesterday, bring satisfactory news. The Argentine confederate army was in the best state of discipline. The Commander-in-chief had dispatched a squadron of cavalry to take possession of the: Port of Cobya, to have free communication with the Chilien army. Intelligence has bceu received of an insurrection in Orare. The dispatch of General Brown, speaks of the Argentine cavalry as being without discipline, and admits that the Bolivians were dispersed at Sante Barbara, but says it is owiag to the great superiority of the Argentine forces, which he es timates at 800 Cavalry and 100 Infantry." MoNTavinso, NOV. 22.—The undersigned Minister of Foreign Af fairs of the Oriental State of Uraguay addresses D. Felipe Arana, Minister of the Governor of Buenos Ayres, stating he had received dispatches announcing the complete triumph of the Constitutional army over the rebel troops, on the 21st inst. of the Field of Yr. . . "The President of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, to his Excellency the Minister of War at Monte Video:— " It is now one o'clock in the afternoon, and the army, under my orders, have just gained a complete victory over the anarchist Chief, Manuel Oribe." The Univmal of Montevideo of the 24th ult., in noticing the non. arrival of the details of the victory of Yr, gave an extract of a private letter front the army, which says, " The defeat of the rebel chief Fruc tuosa Rivera, has been completed; those of his followers who repassed the Yr did so in the greatest disorder, and those who remained on this side of it dispersed in small groupes. More than 200 of the rebels were killed. Including several officers amongst the prisoners is the furious Matin Barros. Treasury Bills In circulation at Buenos Ayres, on the lit instant, 3,055,000 dollars; price of Stocks, 511 54; Exchange on London, 5 9-Ifl ; Doubloons, 139. The Lisbon papers received on the 15th inst. are ♦oid of political !lows ; all was quiet at Lisbon. The finance projects were stilt being debated in the Cortes, upon which nothing had been decided, We have received the Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, of yester day's date, bringing the Amsterdam prices :—Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 33i ; Five per Cents., 103; Spanish, 18g. TIE FUNDS. Consols, which closed rather heavy yesterday, have not improved as yet, and may be quoted at 923 1, same price as they left off; for next time 92i a. Exchequer Bibs, 34 56 ; India Bonds, 56 ; Bank Stock, 204 203 ; India Stock, 264 265. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active, 191 with Coupons; Portuguese, 27* ; Three per Cents. 18 to 18k; Brazilian, 731 to 741 ;1 Colombian, 26 1 / 2 to 27 ; Mexican, 28i 20 ; Dutch Two and-a-half per Cents., 5Si g. Tho Lisbon paper of the 12th inst. says that Mr. Costa Cabral laid before the House on Saturday last a project of a loan to Government by another Company of 2,400 cone& at 5 per cent. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ...... .... 2 , 15 India Stock .-- 2 per Cent. cteu. 3 per Cent. Cons . -92%1; South Sea Stock — 3}z par Cer:t ...... ... Old Annnities Ditto Rel lOl% Nov Ditto — New 314 per Cent 100%14 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent...,.. Exch. Bills, £l,OO , 56 54 urn. t/Ink LongAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto son._ ... 50 54 pm. Jan. 5, 1,1(50.... 1 5 14 3-16 Ditto Small 5O 51 pm Oct. 10, 1859 l5 1-16 Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, I'illo 14% Ditto Advertised — —pm Jan. 5, OW Bank Stock for Acccunt — April 5, IS,N) India Stock for Acccunt — Jan. 5. 107" Consols for Acconnt ''''%% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS n ds S vir A u l o ' n AT ONE O'CLOt k Austrian Bonds . Belgian Bond. Ditto Account ......... Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds .................74 1 4 4 Ditto Account 63 Ditto Account Buenos Ayres gontis Ditto Acccunt .........,... ..... Ditto, 3 per cant — .hllll aII Bonds .................... Pr, issian Bonds - Ditto Account. Rubdian Bonds, 142'2 --. Gihnobian rs,,nde.... ......... ..... Ditto Account ........ ......... Ditto Account . ...... ..... ..... Ditto Metallic.... ......... ...... C,ltuniiian Bonds, :821 Ditto Account - .... I) shishßonde.... ... 75 Ditto B on d s , MS — D A itto ccio,sit ........... ....- Ditto Account Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent......-- —f --.c. ihtto Bonds,. 1825 — ----- 4 per cent. —(. —c. Ditto Account ..-..... ..... - 3 per cent r". -, NICXICaII BoniSs, 5 per cent.... ..__-- Exchange f. —c. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account 2S•li Ditto, S per cant 102% 3 Neapolitan Ditto Account -.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Cate Branca Mining Company Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company.., 1 5 10% 11% 12 Bristol and Exeter Railway Company lO City Railway 2 10 8 11 % Eastern Counties Railway 3 Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 2 Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company. ...... 2%n, Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway ..„„ 5 Great ‘A estern Railway Company 5 .5 Hull an Selby Railway Company Brighton Railway Companc" London and Blackwall Railivay 4 Ditto Scrip 3 7 ti 4 tendon and Birmingham Railway Company go I onion and Greenwich Railway Company 1814 London aid Southampton (New) Rai1way,,,,,,,,, I 22 1 ,4 Manchester and Birmingham Railway ............. 7 9% Northern and Eastern Rail way C oinpany ... . 8 5 South Durham Railway C ompany .. . South Eastern and Dover Railway C0mpany,,,,,,,, any Australasia Bank. ............................... 40 33 .. London Joint Stock Bank ................... 7 7 Van Dienban's Land Agricultural Cornp; .. 17 15 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Scarce any business has been dons during the course of the morning, either in the British or Foreign Markets, and Consols continued at the opening prices, 92 % % for the Aceount, at present 92g. Exchequer Bills, 50 54; India Bonds, 55 67 ; thing doing. Bank Stock, 205; India Stock, no. In the Foreign Market South American Stocks have rather declined; Brazilian, 74 ; Columbi an, 20 %; Mexican, 28 .3( ; Spanieh, 19 ; Dutch Portuguese, 27i. Two-antl.a-Half, % ; THREE 0' CLOCK. Caraoala far the Aacatlat, 921 I. M C .R. ..,01313ETT.--7'he annual dinner in commemo ration of the birth of this talented man, will be held on the 9th of March, on a very extensive scale, (as we hoar) Mr. Fielden, M. P. for Oldham, in the chair. The ship Upton Castle, for Sydney, with Sir George Gippa, (Governor of New South Wales,) on board, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th December-- all well. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lor.lships sat in a Committee of Privileges to-day. The Lords present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Eaii of Devon, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Lyndhurst, Viscount Strang ford, the Bishop of Rochester, and the Earl of Breaknock. THE BRAYS PEERAGE. Their Lcrdships proceeded to hear evidence in this case, which has been several times before their Lordships. Mrs. Otway Cave, some years since, presented Ow petition claiming the Barony of Braye, which was referred to • Committee of Privileges. Upon the case coming befors their Lordships in the last Session, at the instance of the Earl of `aaftesoury, it was post poned in order to enable Mrs. Otway Cave to prove more clearly her descent from the co-heirs of John, the last Lord Braye. The examina tion of witnesses for that purpose occupied their Lordships the whole of the morning. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) IPSWICH The Committee were engaged dining the whole of this morning i❑ hearing arguments upon the objections made by the Tories, to the vote of the Deputy Mayor, an officer appointed by the Mayor to assist him in taking the poll. We shall give the decision in a Second Edition. BELFAST. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock. Mr. Wtt ITESIDB objected to the vote of Michael Leghran,houseliolder , registered in January 1837. William Smith examined the premises, which are situated in 1.111 1 - street ; they consist of a small three-story house, with part of a yard. The voter told witness that the rent be paid was 8/. 108., which witness thought to be its full value. William Taylor litated that the outside value of the premises Wag about 81. 10s. William Williams valued them at 81. 10s. Mr. Gilmore stated that the public valuation for Loghran's house in 1835, was 61., in 1836, 81., and in 1837, 71. This closed the case against the vote. Mr. ANDREWS was addressing the Committee upon the reception of the police-books, by which 7 voters of the borough of Belfast had al ready been disfranchised, when he was interrupted by the Chairman who assured him that the Committee had not decided upon these books alone• The division of the Committee would have been the same even if they had not been produced. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to remanrk upon the evidence which lie contended was contradictory, and called on the Committee to decid e in favour of the vote. The Committee then withdrew, and on their return the Chalrrnan announced that they had decided that the ♦ote should be allowed. SLIGO. The Committee eat this morning at Eleven o'clock. Mr. Mattison' stated that he found upon inquiry that he should not be able to connect the petition with the public subscription, to which he had hoped to trace it. He should there fore proceed no further with the examination of witnesses, but would leave his ease in the hands of the Committee, feeling eontident that thei would pronounce the petition frivolous and ♦exatious, at least In re gard to the thirteen allegations which were abandoned, after the sitting Member had been put to all the expense of defending them. Mr. SMITH, in reply, contended that if the petition were frivolous and vexatious: in the allegations which were abandoned, the opposition of his Learned Friend, during the last two days, was also frivolous and vexatious, as it was now abandoned.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The room was then cleared; and the Committee having deliberat ed for about an hour, recalled the Counsel and agents, when the Chair man said, " The Committee have some to the following resolution—t hat John Patrick Somers, Esq., is duly elected to sit in Parliament for th e Borough of Sligo, and that the petition of John Wood and others, do ee not appear to this Committee to be frivolous or vexatious ; and that the opposition thereto does not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY•) DRAT., Fan. ?A.—Wind E.S.E. fresh breeze.—Came down from th . ltiver, and proceeded, the Terra Nova, Barclay, for St. John's, Erne raid, Hill, for Antigua ; Aurora, Cooper, for Halifax ; Eden, Crook • for South Australia; Africa, Skelton, for Ceylon ; Protector, Glasir if ' for St. Vincent's ; Troughton, Shimels, for New York ; Rambler. Hutchinson, for Berbice; Malay, W e l s h , f or Barbadoes ; Lisbon ; Hotspur, for Malt a ; E mma, N ewport ; and Nereid, for Alexandria. Mary, for PORTSMOIIIII, Fcti. Sl.— Wind E.S.E., light airs, hazy, and with ru n ' —Arrived the Achille, Beliard, from Buenos Ayres for Rotterdam, "" is come into harbour; Sportsman, William, from Cork. Sailed, the White and Aboyne, for Sunderland. The Holland, Stoaben, from 1 31 : tavia, is come into harbour. The Brighton, Sedman, for Llanelly cu d Bombay, is gone out of harbour to Spithead. Mitroan, FED. 20.—Arrived the William, Adams, from St. Aft chael's, with loss of spare, sails, &c. STANGATC CittiCK, FILL 31.—Arrived the Charles, Hutchins, Legh orn ; MARGATr,:F 88. 21,—Arrived off port the Frederick, Dales, f ro m Odessa; and Matilda, Perkins, from Bordeaux. Raissoave, FEL 21.—Arrived the Daniel Webster, Manson, n °l3l Charleston. KING RoAD, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Hebe, Partridge, from Cadig• Cowes, Fso. 2l.—Arrived the William, from Chrome. HARVricir, Fa& 21.—Arrived the Plumstead, Evans, from Tries te ' LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21.—Wind S.E., moderate.— Arrived the Fa me ' Whitney, and Paragon, Smith, from Bueno s Ay res ; Thracian, a u , „ Jowell, from Savannah ; Amity, from Laguna ; North Star, 11-010 Ne Orleans; and Mary Ann, from Valparaiso. Arrived off ley, from Calcutta; Midas, from Pernambuco; Europe, Huron, i„g. Roy, Inez, Manchester, and Potomac, fr om N ew O r l eans; and n' rm ham, from Mobile. Sailed the Gazelle, for Ri o J a neiro; Scotla nd, for New York; and Marathon, for Boston. po rt the 1;,1.011-3 CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORY , , t he For ,the Week ended Feb. 16, 18311, made up from the Returns 0 . ... Inspectors in the different Cities and Timm' in England and Waleir P" Imperial Quarter. Wheat 5Ss. &l. Oats Barley 2Ba I Pd. Rye DIVERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat s4s 7(1. Oats I Barley DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat Vs. Bd. Oats Rye Barley IN. 104. I .. 275. Ild. I Pease Ills. 5 d Out of the one hundred and fifty towns from which the average , '", e , taken, the highest wcehly average of Whe a t was a t Uxbridge, where " was (13s. Sd., the lowest at Haverfordwest, where it was 461. 6d. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY•) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Good Fish to.day were dear—common very cheap. o ° rb o 7 . 23, Bs., 95., 10s.; Soles, Od., 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, Is., Is. ficLi Tu ss. to 21s. for very fine. No variation in the price of meat, and Price' were steady. Vegetal in better supply and of better quality h still high. Hay and Clover firm. HAY MARKET. and Supplies very scarce to-day generally, trade to a fair extent , _ A prices looking up for the most part. Me a d ow H ay , 83 1 . W POs , ant 103 s. ; Clover, 1088. to 115 s. and 1231, ; Straw, 315 5 . to 385. an d 3" for good according to quality. COLONIAL MARKETS. it; As the frost continues' to give symptom s o f it s g oing, the re a little more life in the Market. At present, however, ale there Is but very little doing. Today we have no t a s i ng le public s of any moment either of East or We s t I n di a produce. Those that there are are chiefly Drugs. For to-morrow we have very little a dvertised' the chief are '2,700 bags Foreign C o ff ee, an d a large sale of Matiritiuds Sugar. Fur Foreign Sugar thei ei s now a good enqu i r y privately, an prices are firm. Coffee is qui e t an d so i s Tea, but both are very 6111: o Rum is securing more busine ss a t f u ll p r i ces. F or Ri c e, East ind more money is asked and the enquiry after it is consid erable. Indigo and Cotton are securing some business at firm Pri ce'. In British Plantation Sugar there is nothing fresh, either as to the °: tent of sales or the prices given. Canadian produce continues any variation worth notice. The Imports of Colonial Produce of kinds arc still slender. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL• (THIS DAY.) A very numerous Court assembled this day for the dispatch of im portant business. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO THE LATE SHERIFF'S, SIR JAMES DUKE, AND J. JOHNSON, ESQ. The Loan Mevoa, on taking his seat, addressed Sir James Duke, and J. Johnson, Esq., and expressed the gratification he felt on presenting them each with a piece of pate, voted by that Court as a testimonial 01 the important duties performed by them in the discharge of their office as Sheriffs of the City of London—(Hear, hear)--he has felt it his duty to take the first public opportunity of presenting it to them. V ic Lord Mayor concluded a very neat and complimentary address, by venturing to hope, that the future conduct of their lives would neve tarnish the high esteem they had already gained. Sir JA 11 ES DUKE, on behalf of himselfana his late colleague, returned his sincere thanks for the honour conferred upon them by the Court of Common Council. It was highly gratifying to find that their conduct during the period they held the important offices of Sheriffs had met with the approbation of their fellow-citizens—(Hear, hear)—and that throughout no complaint had ever been mado of their conduct.—(He ar, hear.) The important subject of prison discipline had engrossed. s _ great portion of their time, and f o r w hi c h th e y had receired the thanks of the Court of Aldermen—(Hear, hear)—and they ren lured to hops that they had performed those duties with satisfactO: to all parties.---(Loud cheers.) With respect to the splendid test in r ntals now before them, they s h ou ld h erea ft er po i nt to t h em with , s . tig. _ frction and pride. Sir James w ith hi s co ll eague, a f ter aga in thank" the Lord Mayor and the Court, retired amidst loud cheers. contain' p'afe presented con s i s t s o f two mass i ve silver epergnes, " ing in the centre a handsome cut glass de,h, surrounded by six brane by each containing correspondi ng glasses. Theban chew are suppo rted the figures of Justice, Truth, and Liberty. THE FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. nuiTisii CON OS. --, .. ... Bank Stock per Cent. Red 9.11 A India Stock ...................... ... ~,, 3 per Cent Cons...—. .............. 92% Ditto Winds ..... ................. . .......'' 35,,, per Cent. ...... ......... .. ...... 3i.4 per Cent. Red 101 Ditto Old Annuities ............. ...... New 35; t per Cent 100!;1 Ditto New Annuitictt ......... Fr i pm I per Cent. Assented Dissented .. 5 4 , f Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001...............- 017 g Ja a. 18130 bli Bank Stock for Opg. ........... ...- Oct. 1850 Jan. 1860 14% Consols for Feb. ................... ,-,' FOREIGN FUNDS. --- Austrian, 5 per cent 107 34 Portuguese Bonds, 5 Pe r cent. . 2 7 Belgian, 5 per cent.. .... Brazilian Bands 12.1enes Ayres, 13 I:er c .l " Ciilian, 6 per cent L4M , r i =a n n il g , Iv . c s e i n v t. r ~ . .e . ... t . ...... .... ____ ! Ditto, Metallic ................ •-• .. 1 v C - dombian, 6 per c ent .....,. Danish, 3 per con . '"s Mexican, Greek Bonds, 1 •::.'5.5 per cent. E xc h ange Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1 5 25 .4 .. 3 ,. . : Peruvian, 1 , 3'25, 6 per cent 24 A I Ditto, 5 per cent. ...moil. , SHARES. 17% Birmingham and Derby Railway Birmingham and Gloucet.ter It.tilway 1 S Bristol and Exeter Railway Dublin and Kilke n ny R a il way 214 Eastern Counties Railway 2% A:4 Gre4 Western Railway F k Hull and Selby London and Bright on R a il wa y l London and filackwall Railway 66 London and B 1 Birmingham Railway London and G reenw i c h R a i lway 54 London and S ou th ampton Ra i lway 4 London and Southampt on (N ew ) London and Croydo n R a il wa y (S cr ip Maiifiliester and Birmingham Railway Northern and Eastern ltailway . 4 .North Midland Railway 9 7% South Eastern and Do v er Rail wa y 6 No other 'Variations in the Prices of Stisses since our One dole k List.